Improvement in fences



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ISA-IAH M. WEYSTjOF WILMINGTON, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 106,640, dated August 23, 187

IMPROVEMENT IN FENcEs.

The Schedule referred to in these' Letters Patent and making part of the sante 'In-kom Figure 21 a side View ot' the same, with the panels or sections attached.

Figure-.3 a trz'tnsversc section of the felice, as inl Iig. 2. t Y l ,Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures. 'lllefnature of Imy invention consists iu'the employ- 'mentot wires, stretched i'om post to post, for supportingtlwpanels or sections, bodily; and in a peculiar mode of""snspending the panels or sections upon .the wires, by gruovng the under sides of the rails of the panels to tit over the wires, substantially as and for the purposes herein setfol'th. Between the postsA A twowires B B are stretched,

' and fastened'iu any convenient manner, the positions 'of' the wires generally correspomliug'*with the positions. of the rails a a of the panels or'seotions, O C, Y

substantially as shown. These panels or sections, made of rails, and of palings or pickets, b b, or by any other desired construction, areto besimply suspended upon the said wires. Themodeof suspension may be hy hooks, or any other suitable means.

But, as an additional feature and advantage ot' my invention, I form longitudinal grooves c c respectively in the under sides ot" `the panel-rails a ,wide and deep enough to -tit over and iuclose or conceal the rwires, assllown, s that the panels are supported their whole lengtlnand thus held straight and'rm; and, what is of moreimportance, the wires are covered and protected from the weather, so as toV prevent their the panels or sections ot palings heilig rusting. Thus I obviate a serious objection to the use of iron, in connection -with the wooden palings or picket-s, since the wires thus protected will not stain the paliugs bythe trickling down of Waterimpregnated with iron rust;i on the saine, for' even should the wires rust, they could not stain the pa'lings, which are kept away from Contact with then-if. The panels orsections may beheld on the wiresfby pins d d, passed through the rails or palings under the wires,

but this is notgenerally necessary, th'e weight ot' the panels being snlicient to keep them inplace, and"j they are readily removed at any time lt'or any purpose. 'lhe posts A Amay be set at adonble distance apart, or at a greater vdistance than usual; andthe middle of the panel, it' desired, may be additionally supported by a stone, or any equivalent |neans..

-Amoug the advantages of this l'euce are p i First, its greater' cheapness, since a smaller-ninnber ot' posts is needed; 'the supporting wires are cheaper than rails; the panels or sections may be made veryl nmch lighter than usual, thus requiring less material; and the't'ence is pnt up with less labor and expense. j

Second, its durability, from the use ofthe wire rails',

`and the protection ot' the wires from exposure, so as toV avoid, also, staining the panels and posts. l I Y that I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp' The combination ot' the wires BBand the panels or sections C G, when the said panels or sections are suspended upon the wires by means ot' their railsa et,

in the under sides ot'which are grooves c c to vreceive l the wires, substantially as and for the purpose herein speciiied.

Specification signed by me this 31st day Marcil,

ISAIAH M. WEST. Witnesses: Y

M nnvtmfn H AYES, JAMES H. Waste. 

